Right and left hand stop and waste cock



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5 F.H.FRANK.

RIGHT AND LEFT HAND STOP AND WASTE 000K. N0. 545,856. Patented S ept.3,1895.

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FREDRIOK II. FRANK, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.

RIGHT AND LEFT HAND STOP AND WASTE COCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 545,856, datedSeptember 3, 1895.

Original application filed February 28, 1894, $erial No. 501,884.Divided and this application filed June 8, 1895. Serial To all whom itmay concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDRIOK H. FRANK, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvementsin Rightand Left Hand Stop and Taste Faucets, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in right and left hand stop andwaste faucets; and the objects of my improvement are simplicity andeconomy in construction and general efficiency and convenience of thearticle.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of myfaucet. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same with the nut for securing thehandle removed and with the course of the water-passages through theplug indicated in broken lines. Fig. 3 is a like View of the same as fora different-handed faucet; and Fig. 4 is a plan view corresponding toFig. 2, but showing a modification.

A designates the body of the faucet, having the ordinary centralvertical hole for the plug 5 and having also the hubs or extensions 6and 7 for connecting the pipes in the usual manner. A longitudinalpassage or opening extends lengthwise through said extensions andthrough the body of the faucet, as in ordinary faucets. The body is alsoprovided" with the usual waste-nozzle 8. On the upper side of the body,surrounding the plug 5, is a flange provided with two sets ofstop-shoulders 9 l0 and 11 and 12. The upper part of the plug has asquare neck, as shown, for the reception of the handle B, which may besecured thereon by the nut 13, which is screwed upon the centralthreaded stem 14 of the plug, as shown in Fig. 1. The handle is providedwith a head having a square recess to fit upon the square neck of theplug. Said handle is' also provided with stops 15 and 16, projecting inopposite directions, up and down. The waste-passage in the plug isindicated by the parallel broken lines at 17, while the larger openingfor the passage of water is also indicated by broken lines, the plugbeing represented in the position it will have when water is allowed topass through the body of the faucet, the waste-hole 17 being oppositethe (N0 model.)

'shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the hub 7 is the house side of the faucet and 6is the side connected with the water-main. By turning the handle tobring it to the front and carry the stop 15 from engagement withthestop-shoulder 10 to the stop-shoulder 9, the plug will be turned so asto shut off the water from the main and permit that on the house side 7to flow through the waste-passage and regular opening in the plug andout at the waste nozzle 8.

In order to change the faucet to the opposite hand, if the handle isturned to bring it parallel to the body of the faucet, as shown, it isonly necessary to remove the nut 13 and handle, then turn the handleover endwise to set it the other side up and with its handle pointing inthe opposite directionfor example, changing it from the position shownin Figs. 1 and 2 to that shown in Fig. 3. When thus changed the stop 15,which before projected downwardly and was active, now projects upwardlyand is idle, while the stop 16, which was before idle, now becomesactive and extends down between the stop-shoulders 11 and 12. Uponturning the handle when thus reversed from the position shown in Fig. 3to bring it forward, the stop 16 is drawn away from the stop-shoulder 12and forced against the stop-shoulder 11, bringing the waste-passage inthe plug to the left instead of to the right, as before, so that 6becomes the house side and 7 the main.

On some accounts I prefer to employ two sets of stop-shoulders; but Ican arrange the faucet for only one set, if desired, by having the stop16 on the front side of the handle, as shown in Fig. 3, in Which A isthe vbody, B is the handle, 16 is one stop, 15 the other, (indicated bybroken lines,) and 9 and 10 are the stop-shoulders. The operation is thesame as before described, only the stops on the top and bottom sides ofthe handle come successively in between the same stop-shoulders everytime the handle is turned over, whereas in the construction firstdescribed one stop, when in use, always comes between one particular setof stop-shoulders and the other stop between. the other set ofstopshoulders.

In both forms the stops are on thereverse 5 sides of the handle and thestops stand at right angles to each other.

I claim as my invention A stop and Waste faucet having a body providedwith stop shoulders, a, plug provided 10 with a handle receiving neck,and a. reversible handle provided with a stop projecting from one of itssides and with another stop projecting from its opposite side, wherebyturning the handle over and changing its position half a, revolution onthe plug, converts 15 the faucet from a right to left hand and viceversa, substantially as described.

FREDRICK H. FRANK. Witnesses:

WILLIAM F. DELANEY, JAMES RocHE.

